Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The lower part or the business center of a city or town.
- adverb To, toward, or in the lower part or the business center of a city or town.
- adjective Of, relating to, or located downtown.
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- noun either the
lower , or thebusiness center of acity ortown - adverb in, or towards the downtown area
- adverb basketball Outside the
three-point line , or generally far from the basket. - adjective of, relating to, or situated in the downtown area
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the central area or commercial center of a town or city
- adverb toward or in the lower or central part of town
- adjective of or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center
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Examples
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And plentiful. ws: That parking garage in downtown is owned by Lake Oswego Redevelopment Agency (LORA) which is a public entity.
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Build the darn tunnel through Seattle with NO on or off ramps in downtown is what I vote.
Traffic Volumes in Seattle Are Down. So Why Are We Building More Highways? « PubliCola 2010
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The source and I agree though that lugging luggage up from the rail/bus tunnel to a hotel in downtown is not going to be easy, and that going part way on the train and then transfering to a shuttle or taxi or whatever is not likely to happen, especially by business travelers late at night, or families traveling with car seats, strollers and screaming kids.
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M. O'BRIEN: It kind of gives new meaning to the term downtown, if you know what I mean.
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And jogging for 45 min downtown, you must have made lots of laps, downtown is very small.
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“The timing could not be better, as our downtown is about to be reconnected with the rest of the county to a 17-mile uninterrupted rail trail,” he says.
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“The timing could not be better, as our downtown is about to be reconnected with the rest of the county to a 17-mile uninterrupted rail trail,” he says.
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That is only a problem in downtown, which is becoming more irrelevant every day.
Seattle light rail: No park-and-ride lots (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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“The timing could not be better, as our downtown is about to be reconnected with the rest of the county to a 17-mile uninterrupted rail trail,” he says.
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A couple of years ago, I had an apartment downtown (well, what we call a downtown) with a porch on the second floor.
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